Originally Posted by
daniel brothers
For me... I love the idea of having one good stock.... one good sensitive trigger.... one high quality scope... one same rifle handling feel... with different calibers. Personally... I can't afford high quality components on every caliber that I desire to shoot. But I love the idea of having a new caliber for one quality setup that is already set up and ready to go.... just shooting a different bullet. Screwing a barrel on or off a in the shop or in the field, sounds good to me... and a lot cheaper.... and WITH CUSTOM BARRELS. What's not to like about the ability to shoot a NEW caliber... in a NEW CUSTOM BARREL... for only around an average cost of 300.00 ... less or more...? I have two of those savage 12 FV, Cabela's Specials... 6.5 and 204... and am thinking of using them for switch barrel setups. These factory barrels are good... but I want to also use the 204 receiver for a 20 Vartarg. The price of dies and components can be costly enough, along with the custom barrel as well... there's no need to add on top of that cost the high price of another whole new stock, trigger, scope, rings, and mounts.
Jim is correct about simply buying lower budget rifles with their factory calibers, that shoot very well, and cost very little.... but I guess there are always the crazy ones that want to ride the razor's edge...LOL.